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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 354
BY REPRESENTATIVES BILLIOT AND TUCKER
AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Revises certain provisions relative to the Southeast Regional
Airport Authority
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 2:705(I) and 706(F), relative to the Southeast Regional Airport2
Authority; provides relative to the required board meetings; deletes the mandatory3
requirement for the authority to appear before certain committees; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 2:705(I) and 706(F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as10
follows: 11
§705. Board of commissioners; creation; membership; terms; officers; meetings12
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I. The board shall hold regular monthly semiannual meetings and may hold14
additional meetings as it deems necessary. A board member who fails to attend three15
two consecutive meetings, or four or more meetings in a one-calendar-year period,16
without being excused by the chairman of the board shall be removed for cause, and,17
upon removal, that position shall be declared vacant and filled as provided in this18
Section. All meetings of the board and all minutes and records thereof shall be19
subject to the Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Act. A majority of the20
members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required for the21 HLS 11RS-582 REENGROSSED
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transaction of all business of the board. All actions of the authority shall be1
approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting.2
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§706. General powers of the authority4
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F. On March first of each year, the authority shall provide a status report to6
the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works and7
shall appear upon request before such committees and be subject to oversight by the8
committees, and on financial matters shall submit a status report to the Joint9
Legislative Committee on the Budget and shall be subject to oversight by such10
committees concerning such financial matters.11
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Billiot HB No. 354
Abstract: Requires only those members appointed by the governor to be subject to Senate
confirmation. Reduces the number of mandatory meetings required for the board of
the Southeast Regional Airport Authority from monthly meetings to semiannual
meetings. Changes the domicile of the authority from Jefferson Parish to Orleans
Parish and further deletes the requirement for the authority to appear before certain
committees.
Present law provides that the board shall hold regular monthly meetings and may hold
additional meetings as it deems necessary. Further provides that a board member who fails
to attend three consecutive meetings, or four or more meetings in a one-calendar-year period,
without being excused by the chairman of the board shall be removed for cause, and upon
removal, that position shall be declared vacant and filled as provided in present law.
Proposed law changes the required board meetings from monthly meetings to semiannual
meetings. Further changes the provision that a board member may be removed for cause
from failure to attend three consecutive meetings, or four or more meetings in a one-
calendar-year period to two consecutive meetings in a one-calendar-year period.
Present law provides that all meetings of the board and all minutes and records thereof shall
be subject to the Open Meetings Law and Public Records Act. Further provides that a
majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and a quorum shall be
required for the transaction of all business of the board. All actions of the authority shall be
approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting.
Proposed law retains present law. HLS 11RS-582 REENGROSSED
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Present law requires the authority to submit a status report, appear before and be subject to
oversight of the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works,
and to submit a status report and be subject to oversight of the Joint Legislative Committee
on the Budget financial matters.
Proposed law retains present law except that the authority shall appear upon request of the
House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works.
(Amends R.S. 2:705(I) and 706(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Removed the provision that restricts senate confirmation of only those board
members appointed by the governor.
2. Removed the provision that changes the domicile of the board from Jefferson
Parish to Orleans Parish.